Wine Taboo Regarding Women in Archaic Rome, Origins of Italian Viticulture, and the Taste of Ancient Wines

Komar, Paulina

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“…At Monte Kronio (Sicily), organic residues on pottery from the fourth millennium BCE indicate the presence of tartaric acid and perhaps some degree of grape juice fermentation (Tanasi et al 2017, 142-47). 25 Brun 2004b, 80-81, 159;Lentjes and Semerari 2016, 1-3;Komar 2020, 38-39. See Cardarelli et al 2015 for increasing traffic, including trade of ceramics and bronze objects, between Italy and the Aegean in the 14th-12th centuries BCE.…”

Section: Pre-roman Influences In Italymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Archaeology of Wine Production in Roman and Pre-Roman Italy

Dodd

2022

American Journal of Archaeology

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The world of vinicultural archaeology has expanded exponentially over the past two decades, adding novel discoveries, methodologies, theories, and new archaeological evidence. Despite this, focused regional or site-specific approaches and syntheses dominate scholarship. This article provides an alternate, macroperspective via a comprehensive update and overview of the archaeological evidence for the entire Italian peninsula. When considered as a whole, the sheer quantity of evidence is simply a starting point for future research directions. New data from pre-Roman Italy might suggest localized indigenous winemaking experimentation, contrasting with traditionally dominant east-west colonial diffusionist models. Detailed cataloguing and interpretation of Roman wineries demonstrate that two dominant press types were present simultaneously. Along with these syntheses, previously unpublished evidence is analyzed for the first time, including conspicuous, lavish, and theatrical wine production at the Villa dei Quintili just outside Rome. 1 introduction "There are two liquids that are especially agreeable to the human body, wine inside and oil outside" (Plin., HN 14.29.150). Wine permeated and enveloped Roman culture. It was both a daily drink and reserved for special occasions, played a key role in trade and the economy, and was found in medicinal, religious, domestic, and commercial contexts. Since antiquity, Roman winemaking and viticulture have been interpreted through historical sources, which tend to be scattered, incomplete, and biased, and, to an extent, comparative ethnography. 2 Indeed, preindustrial equipment and practice often retain ancient characteristics of the same region and thus provide a valuable proxy

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Section: Pre-roman Influences In Italymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…39 See Lentjes and Semerari 2016, 1-2; Riva 2017, 253. 40 Brun 2003, 87;2004b, 159;Komar 2020, 58. 41 McGovern 20092011, 187-88;2013, 240.…”

Section: Pre-roman Influences In Italymentioning

confidence: 99%